Working at Charlton Park Academy

Charlton Park Academy Trust’s aim is to become the Employer of Choice and to support staff by developing their career within our specialist area.


We aim to develop and support other SEN and mainstream schools by:

  • developing our SEN outreach services.
  • supporting young people with additional needs to achieve their aspirations, academically and emotionally.
  • providing staff with training to support students and develop their career.
  • improving staff wellbeing.

Current vacancies at Charlton Park Academy, Mulberry Tree House, and CENMAC:

Click on link to see full job description or see below for full list of vacancies. We look forward to hearing from you!

Charlton Park Academy
– SEN Teacher
– Learning Support Assistant, Level 3
– Therapist and Therapy Assistants
– Sessional Health and Social Care Worker
– HLTA/Specialist Staff for Highly Specialist Provision

Mulberry Tree House
– Head of Care
– Domestic Assistant

CENMAC
– Advisory Teacher for Assistive Technology in Education
– HLTA, Augmentative and Alternative Communication Specialist

Please contact Nina Randall-Webb regarding vacancies unless otherwise stated:
email: nrandall-webb@charltonparkacademy.co.uk

Application Form:

Current Vacancies

SEN Teacher

Closing date: 31 October 2023

Due to CPA popularity, outstanding facilities, increasing place demands and our planned expansion of our Trust, we are seeking friendly positive SEN Teachers with strong professional standards and a commitment to our students and their families. We are interested in both full and part time teachers. What would you like to offer? Let us know…

We are looking for secure confident and skilled SEN and Primary trained teachers, including holistic educational skills including early years/ (KS1/2 ideally with SEND experience).

In house training and management support will be provided for those staff making a transition to SEND. Our largest intake are pupils diagnosed with autism, so knowledge about autism and a willingness to learn new skills and experience is essential.

Staff have free gym access and personal training offered to all staff, after the work. Yoga and other well-being activities on site are encouraged too.

If teachers have experience of subject leadership or specialist areas of SEND expertise, these candidates are encouraged to apply.

Please make sure your referees respond promptly for reference requests due to Safer Recruitment standards.

Contact Nina who will arrange follow up confidential chat and calls.

  • Salary based on skills, knowledge, and experience.
  • Job Description and personal specification will be provided on application.

Teachers already with ASD training and experience may receive additional enhanced salary, depending on expertise. Staff willing to share expertise with peers are always welcomed.

If you are interested in this post, please download the teaching staff application form, and return to nrandall-webb@charltonparkacademy.co.uk

Charlton Park Academy Trust’s aim is to become the Employer of Choice and to support staff by developing their career within our specialist area.

All applications shortlisted by Safer recruitment authorised staff and will be subject to suitability checks to ensure that all suitable candidates employed are subject to enhanced DBS and safeguarding checks in regards of working with vulnerable children and young adults. All applicants will have social media screening and all and any convictions must be declared at the application stage.

Head of Care Mulberry Tree House

(Residential Services at Charlton Park Academy)

Closing date: 31 October 2023

CPA is looking for a new permanent Head of Care.  Must have appropriate professional qualifications and experience for this role which is similar to a Registered manager of childrens home. Must be familiar with residential care standards and able to lead a dedicated team of staff to high professional standards.  Mulberry Tree House is inspected annually under the Social Care Common Inspection Framework (SCCIF) for Residential Special Schools under the Ofsted framework for Social care. We have a brand new facility designed to meet modern requirements.

If you are interested in this post, please download the support staff application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form ,and return to nrandall-webb@charltonparkacademy.co.uk.

Salary
From £45,576 gross per annum

Charlton Park Academy Trust’s aim is to become the Employer of Choice and to support staff by developing their career within our specialist area.

All applications shortlisted by Safer recruitment authorised staff and will be subject to suitability checks to ensure that all suitable candidates employed are subject to enhanced DBS and safeguarding checks in regards of working with vulnerable children and young adults. All applicants will have social media screening and all and any convictions must be declared at the application stage.

CENMAC – Advisory Teacher
for Assistive Technology in Education

Closing date: 31 October 2023

We are seeking a talented SEN teacher for an advisory role within our multi-disciplinary team.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a passion and vision for raising the outcomes for students and supporting schools in creating inclusive environments. Someone who is innovative, has a high level of technical skill and enjoys empowering and upskilling others would be ideal.

This is a full-time permanent position, but to secure the best candidates we will seriously consider job share, and/or part time employment.

Charlton Park Academy Trust’s aim is to become the Employer of Choice and to support staff by developing their career within our specialist area.

All applications shortlisted by Safer recruitment authorised staff and will be subject to suitability checks to ensure that all suitable candidates employed are subject to enhanced DBS and safeguarding checks in regards of working with vulnerable children and young adults. All applicants will have social media screening and all and any convictions must be declared at the application stage.

CENMAC HLTA – Augmentative and
Alternative Communication Specialist

Closing date: 31 October 2023

To work as a member of the CENMAC Team at Charlton Park Academy as a specialist HLTA in Speech and language therapy, Communication and Assistive Technologies. To provide high quality support for CENMAC as part of the Academy in all aspects of its work.

Charlton Park Academy Trust’s aim is to become the Employer of Choice and to support staff by developing their career within our specialist area.

All applications shortlisted by Safer recruitment authorised staff and will be subject to suitability checks to ensure that all suitable candidates employed are subject to enhanced DBS and safeguarding checks in regards of working with vulnerable children and young adults. All applicants will have social media screening and all and any convictions must be declared at the application stage.

Learning Support Assistant – Level 3

Closing date: 31 October 2023

The applicant should have SEN experience working with students aged 5 – 19 years / Primary / Early Years.

Hours of work
9am to 3.30pm (inclusive of 30 minute unpaid rest break), 38 weeks (term time only) plus 5 training days

Salary
£13.63 per hour

If you are interested in this post, please download the support staff application form, and return to nrandall-webb@charltonparkacademy.co.uk

Charlton Park Academy Trust’s aim is to become the Employer of Choice and to support staff by developing their career within our specialist area.

All applications shortlisted by Safer recruitment authorised staff and will be subject to suitability checks to ensure that all suitable candidates employed are subject to enhanced DBS and safeguarding checks in regards of working with vulnerable children and young adults. All applicants will have social media screening and all and any convictions must be declared at the application stage.

Domestic Assistant required for Mulberry Tree House Centre

Closing date: 31 October 2023

(Residential Services at Charlton Park Academy)

General duties including cooking, cleaning and as directed duties including supporting Care staff and young people required for Mulberry Tree House Centre based beside Charlton Park Academy SE7 8HX.

Salary and responsibilities

Working hours to be around the requirements of our service and hourly rate £11.32 per hour. Currently this will be 39 weeks and follow an academic year. Additional work may be available during school closure periods.

This post will include preparing meals for staff and children, cleaning our classrooms and residential unit, assisting in personal care with other staff.

Must be able to follow health and safety procedures and be able to use industrial cleaning equipment including mechanical electrical scrubber, kitchen equipment in line with expected clinical hygiene standards.

Prior experience using industrial cleaner and working in industrial or catering kitchen an advantage.

Please apply to Nina Randall-Webb: nrandall-webb@charltonparkacademy.co.uk

Charlton Park Academy Trust’s aim is to become the Employer of Choice and to support staff by developing their career within our specialist area.

All applications shortlisted by Safer recruitment authorised staff and will be subject to suitability checks to ensure that all suitable candidates employed are subject to enhanced DBS and safeguarding checks in regards of working with vulnerable children and young adults. All applicants will have social media screening and all and any convictions must be declared at the application stage.

Therapist and Therapy Assistants

Closing date: 31 October 2023

We are seeking to appoint the following posts to enhance our therapeutic and support offer and support our multi agency working: 

  • Speech and Language Therapist
  • Physiotherapist
  • Occupational Therapist

To guide, advise staff and pupils with SEND and work with a multi-agency team approach. Relevant professional qualifications and experience.

Approximate salary equivalent to NHS but dependant on qualifications, knowledge, and experience.  Generally, these posts are Term time only, approximately part, or full time but out core needs are 6 – 35 hours a week for suitably skilled staff but we can be flexible around the right candidates.  Pension scheme will be Local Government Pension Scheme for these posts.

Job Descriptions will be provided on request.

If you are interested in this post, please download the support staff application form, and return to nrandall-webb@charltonparkacademy.co.uk

Therapy Support staff: If you are not a qualified therapist but have therapist support assistant experience, we are also interested in staff able to support our therapy staff to enhance their services. Please download the support staff application form and return to nrandall-webb@charltonparkacademy.co.uk

Charlton Park Academy Trust’s aim is to become the Employer of Choice and to support staff by developing their career within our specialist area.

All applications shortlisted by Safer recruitment authorised staff and will be subject to suitability checks to ensure that all suitable candidates employed are subject to enhanced DBS and safeguarding checks in regards of working with vulnerable children and young adults. All applicants will have social media screening and all and any convictions must be declared at the application stage.

Sessional Health and Social Care Worker

Closing date: 31 October 2023

Sessional Health and Social Care Workers are required to support individual young people. These positions will be part of the expansion of current services on offer at Charlton Park Academy.

Charlton Park Academy Trust’s aim is to become the Employer of Choice and to support staff by developing their career within our specialist area.

All applications shortlisted by Safer recruitment authorised staff and will be subject to suitability checks to ensure that all suitable candidates employed are subject to enhanced DBS and safeguarding checks in regards of working with vulnerable children and young adults. All applicants will have social media screening and all and any convictions must be declared at the application stage.

HLTA/Specialist Staff for Highly Specialist Provision

Closing date: 31 October 2023

We are seeking positive, hardworking, diligent and trustworthy people that will help us make a difference for the life outcomes of young people, all of whom have complex and severe learning conditions and disabilities. They need someone Special too – does this describe you?

We are especially looking for keen, enthusiastic people with a zest for life, interested in extending their current skills and knowledge and who want to become experts in our sector. We require people who can adapt their current knowledge/skills/interests/training to a new special context. We are improving upon our rich offer for our high-need students and we want people who can willingly bring themselves to the party. We have some incredibly creative and wonderful staff and want them to have flexible intelligent colleagues to enhance the life chances of all our community.

Salary

Pay range for full time all year round ranges for HLTA from £21,591 to £28,215. These posts are pro rata for 39 weeks a year term time only.

New scale points are from 5-20, depending upon knowledge, qualifications, and experience. £11.83 – £15.46

Please let Nina Randall-Webb at nrandall-webb@charltonparkacademy.co.uk which specific post you are interested in and we will send you details of the post.

Charlton Park Academy Trust’s aim is to become the Employer of Choice and to support staff by developing their career within our specialist area.

All applications shortlisted by Safer recruitment authorised staff and will be subject to suitability checks to ensure that all suitable candidates employed are subject to enhanced DBS and safeguarding checks in regards of working with vulnerable children and young adults. All applicants will have social media screening and all and any convictions must be declared at the application stage.